BIOTECH SENTRIES - GENETIC STATE
"amid strong protests..Monsanto officials..Air Force guarding..40 tons..U.S.-based Monsanto..denied reports.. military area.. concealed.. tightly guarded..barred..security reasons..reporters and photographers.. must back off.." - THE JAKARTA POST March 17, 2001 'Genetically modified cotton seed arrives in Makassar from S. Africa'
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Some recent GE resources from Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)/USPIRG/GE Food Alert:
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Regulation of Genetically Engineered Crops and Foods in the United States
March 2001 briefing paper by PANNA and U.S. Public Interest Research Group detailing the significant outstanding regulatory issues facing FDA, EPA and USDA. Executive summary in HTML and full paper in PDF. (PANNA and USPIRG for GE Food Alert) http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/geRegulation.dv.html
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Riding the Bullet Train: The impact of GE crops on U.S. farmers
December 2000 overview of the impacts of genetically engineered crops on U.S. farmers and the connection between industrial agriculture and genetically engineered crops. Full paper in HTML. (PANNA) http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/bulletTrain.dv.html
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Weird Science: The Brave New World of Genetic Engineering
October 2000 report describing how genetic engineering permits scientists to manipulate genetic materials in ways that were once inconceivable. Executive summary in HTML and full paper in PDF. (PANNA and USPIRG for GE Food Alert) http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/weirdScience.dv.html
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Skip Spitzer
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